College Majors: Follow the Heart or Follow the Money?
In the whirlwind that is most commonly known as senior year, it is almost impossible for a high school senior to go a few days without the question “What are you going to major in?”
Childhood Obesity a Major Concern
First Lady Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move! Campaign was designed to help decrease the amount of obese and overweight children in America.
Flipping the classroom makes it easier on students
A flipped classroom is one that teaches through a variety of methods that uses computer technology where students go home and watch a lesson. They then go to school with the lesson already learned and are able to do what would normally be homework in class with their teacher present for questions.
The Power of Twitter? All in a Hashtag
Twitter broke the news of Whitney Houston’s death 27 minutes before the first news organization. The death of Osama Bin Laden was announced play-by-play on Twitter prior to any journalist nabbing the story. Why was the ability to search for key words and find “trends” not an original feature of Twitter?
Businesses Boom on Social Media
When Marc Scher wanted to expand his advertising, he turned to Facebook.
His family’s seventy-nine year old business, located in Pocomoke City, Md., began using Facebook in August 2009. An icon on the top right corner of the store’s website invites people to visit its Facebook page. Four years later, Scher’s page has garnered over 3,000 likes on Facebook, more than 200 photos and dozens of positive posts and comments.
Opinions clash as Fairfax County considers charter school
As Fairfax County’s first charter school proposal prepares to go before the county’s school board this summer, some parents –and students–question whether the charter school is necessary.
Oxon Hill High School Makes the Grade
The Oxon Hill Clippers can breathe a little easier now that they have passed their accreditation assessment.
Students Find Purpose in Bible Club
A Bible Club at McDonough High School has come a long way since its days at the lunch table. Student leaders hope to keep up the momentum.
Sound drafting and economics help Nationals mount playoff push
The Washington Nationals’ improved play through one-third of baseball’s regular season has spawned realistic expectations of their first postseason berth, and much of that can be credited to their use of the sport’s economics.
Concussions Cause Student Athletes Lasting Trouble
Researchers at the Sports Legacy Institute (SLI) say young athletes are particularly vulnerable to chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a degenerative disease brought on by repetitive head trauma, specifically concussions. Lasting affects of the disease are memory loss, impaired judgment, and progressive dementia.
